Gone but not forgotten: Hills sponsored fireworks.
What will all the fireworks talk of late, I was reminded repeatedly of those that I saw when I was growing up -- sponsored by Hills Department Store (where I once worked), and clearly visible from the house in which I spent most of my youth.
Back in the day, Coleman's would go first right at dusk (and barely visible from my back alley looking west to that edge of town), followed by Hills (as if someone could defeat the traffic gridlock and get from one to the other -- although now that I'm older, it was probably so that the volunteer fire crews could feasibly cover two "accidents"). And, the grassy hill between the store and the jail and the old folks home would be covered with Lebanon-ites gazing skyward. Eventually, Hills would go through tough financial times, and this display went away a few years before the store itself would.
[And to those back home who were injured in the Palmyra accident last night, my thoughts are with you during your recovery.]
Displays of pyrotechnics that caused my old Dutchified neighbor Mr. Miley to exclaim " ooooh .. dat vas a purdy von ..." over and over again, you are missed.
PALMYRA ACCIDENT CAUGHT ON VIDEO:
http://www.wgal.com/news/24144519/detail.html
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